Abstract From 2002 to 2012, 68 community consultations/referenda on large-scale mining
activities have been conducted in Latin America challenging centralized decision-making …

Mining and hydrocarbon production in Latin America is a high-stakes endeavor. Extractive
industries have expanded dramatically in recent decades amid soaring global prices and …

This paper explores an intriguing case of environmental mobilisation in the world, Argentina´
s anti-mining movement. This movement has contributed to the cancelation or suspension of …

In July 2013, a consulta popular (referendum) was organised by municipal authorities in
Tolima, Colombia, to judge public opinion on the establishment of activities by an …

Since 2002, Argentina has witnessed a growing number of mining conflicts. While national
and provincial governments promote mining as a basis for development, local communities …

Mining as a development strategy has become ubiquitous throughout the developing world.
However, if mining firms want to take advantage of the most mineral-rich terrain in …

What is the relationship between formal participatory structures and the onset and evolution
of popular mobilization? Under what conditions does mobilization bring about policy and …

To date, much of the social science literature dealing with the extractive industries has been
dominated by debates over the so-called resource curse. According to its proponents …

The last environmental impact assessment (EIA) related to Ecuador's first large-scale open
pit copper mine, the Mirador project, was presented to the public in March 2015. In this …

Indigenous peoples' right to prior consultation and to informed consent represents the basis
of the new global model shaping state–indigenous relations. Consultation processes …